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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Iantha, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Iantha and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Iantha:
- 37.516992, -94.397729
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Iantha
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Barton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Barton County
- Since Iantha is near Vernon County and also Crawford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Vernon County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Crawford County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Iantha
Communities Also Named Iantha ...
We found one communities that are also named Iantha.
Within Missouri, the name Iantha is unique.
Beyond Missouri, there is another community also named Iantha in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Iantha [Anderson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Iantha ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Barber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barber is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Boston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boston is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Breezy Hill ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Breezy Hill is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
- Fox Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fox Town is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Town
- Fuller
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fuller is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Gross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gross is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Irwin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Irwin is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Jasper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Liberal
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Liberal is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 702 people
- Miller Brothers ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Miller Brothers is located in Barton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Brothers
- Mulberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Red Onion
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Red Onion is located in Crawford County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Onion
- Tuckers Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
How Far From Iantha to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Iantha to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Iantha and extending to:
- Lamar, which is the Seat of Barton County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Jefferson City, which is the State Capital of Missouri, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Iantha to Jefferson City, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 945 miles [1,520.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,389 miles [11,891.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,273 miles [8,486.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Iantha could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Iantha) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Iantha to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Iantha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.5170, Longitude: -94.3977 In this case, the coordinates for Iantha have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.803 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.763 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.865 degrees. |
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